Combined seeder and cultivator.



PATENTED MAY 10, 1904. G. W. DENYES & 0. SOHUTT. COMBINED SEEDER ANDGUL'I'IVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17,.l904.

NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

GAYLORD W. DENYES AND OWVEN SCHUTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNORS TO INTERNATIONAL HARVES'ITER COMPANY, A COR- PORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

COMBINED SEEDER AND CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,247, dated May 10,1904,

Application filed February 17, 1904. Serial No. 194,107. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GAYLoRD W. DENYES and OWEN SoHUT'r, mechanics, ofthe city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Seeder andCultivator, of which the following is a complete specification.

This invention is applicable to combination seeders and cultivators, andrelates to the means for attaching the flexible extensible tubesconnecting the outlets of the seed-hopper to the spring-teeth behind andnear the points thereof.

The seeder to which the improvement is preferably applied is of thecultivator type, and consists, essentially, of a frame mounted uponsupporting-wheels, said frame carrying a seed-hopper and having attachedthereto the type of spring-teeth usually found on springtooth harrowsand cultivators. The flexible extensible tubes must be rigidly securedat their lower ends to the teeth near the points of same and in a mannerthat will not interfere with the operation of the teeth in the This isaccomplished by the device shown in drawings, in which Figure 1 is alongitudinal section of a seeder of the cultivator type with flexibletubes attached setting forth the relative position and method ofattachment of the various parts. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the shoe forconnecting the flexible tube with the point of the tooth and is thechief element of the improvement. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section ofFig. 2. Fig. 4: is a'section as indicated by the line 4: 4: of Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail View showing the construction of theflexible extensible tube connecting the outlet of the seed-hopper to theshoe shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on aplane lying immediately below the seed-hopper and transverse withrespect to the seed-outlets thereof, showing the method of connectingthe flexible conduits or tubes at their upper ends to the outlets of theseed-hopper.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the main frame of a seeder ofthccultivator type and such as maybe adapted to broadcast sowing. B isthe axle on which the said main frame is mounted, and B is one of thesupporting-wheels journaled thereon. C is the seed-hopper, forming areceptacle from which the grain is fed by any of the'usual feedingdevices and which may be actuated in any suitable manner. The detailsare omitted of these and other parts not material to the invention, butwhich are necessary to illustrate the application thereof.

C is the hopper for the reception of grassseed, which is oftendistributed in connection with grain.

A is the auxiliary frame, pivotally secured at its forward end to themain frame A and adjustably suspended therefrom at its rear end by meansof the chain (0 On this auxiliary frame is secured the springcultivatorteeth a, which are provided with the soil-engaging points a onthe lower or free ends thereof, the said points being shown reversible.These teeth are disposed in the usual zigzagged or staggered manner andoperate to open the furrows in which the seed is deposited. The seed isconducted through the conduits D from the outlets of the hopper C to aposition in the furrows immediately in the rear of and adjacent to thefurrow-opening points a of the teeth it. These conduits or tubes aresocured at their ends and may lead to all or only a portion of thespring-teeth, the arrangement depending upon how closely together it isdesired to locate the drills or rows of seed and also on the relativenumber of the seedoutlets of the hopper and the spring-teeth. Theconduits or seed-tubes 1) are preferably formed of wire wound intocylindrical forms by helical winding, thus rendering the tubes so formedboth flexible and extensible, and thereby enabling them to adaptthemselves to the necessary variations in their length caused by thespring of the teeth to which they are secured and by the verticalmovement to which the auxiliary frame A, bearing said teeth, issubjected.

The connection of the seed-conduits to the seed-hopper is shown in Fig.6, in which (Z represents the two-part casting, the two parts beingsecured together by means of the rivets cl, passing through the lugs (ZThis twopart casting receives the upper end of the flexible tube D andis itself pivotally connected to the outlets of the seed-hopper by meansof the trunnions 0 on the castings 0 of the Seed-hopper.

The securement of the lower ends of the conduits D to the spring-teethis efiected by means of a number of shoes E. This shoe, describedindividually, conforms on its front side to the curvature of the teetha, to which it is secured by means of the bolt 6 and thelaterally-engaginglugs e. The castingEterminates above in the clipportion 6 which is adapted to receive the lower end of the flexibletubes D. There is sufiicient spring in the clip, since it is split, toenable the tube D to be tightly secured by means of the bolt 0 The lowerend of the shoe E is open in the rear, the lower ends of the sides a 6*extending rearward horizontally and substantially parallel. Such aconstruction will result in producing a furrow of considerable width,and the sides 6* will pressthe sides of the furrow back and hold it openfor an interval of time sufficient to allow the seed to be welldistributed over the entire width of the furrow.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.is

1. In a seeder, in combination, aseed-hopper, spring cultivator-teeth,flexible extensible tubes connecting at their upper ends with theoutlets of said seed-hopper, and shoes for connecting the lower end ofsaid tubes with the said cultivator-teeth, said shoes engaging the lowerend of said flexible tubes and being themselves secured to the rear sideof said spring-teeth and at a position near the points thereof,substantially as described.

2. In a seeder, in combination, a seed-hopper, spring cultivator-tubes,flexible extensible tubes connecting at their upper ends with theoutlets of said seed-hopper, and shoes for connecting the lower ends ofsaid tubes with the said cultivator-teeth said shoes having formed ontheir upper ends clips for engaging and securing said flexibleextensible tubes and being themselves releasably secured to the rearside of said spring-teeth and at a position near the points thereof,substantially as described.

3. In a seeder, a shoe consisting of an upper clip portion forconnecting with the seedconduit and a lower furrow-forming portionextending downwardly to a position near the point of the spring-tooth towhich it is secured, of a width corresponding to the width of the tubeand having rearwardly-extending parallel sides substantially asdescribed.

,GAYLORD W. DENYES.

OWEN SCHUTT. Witnesses:

RICHARD BUTLER, A. L. JoHNsoN.

